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Building for oil : Daqing and the formation of the Chinese socialist state /

"Examines Chinese urbanization and industrialization strategies for a model petroleum city, Daquing, during the early years of the People's Republic. It concerns the politics of building, the pursuit of food, energy and resources, and the everyday lives of the working men and women who inh...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hou, Li, 1973- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge (Massachusetts) : Harvard University Asia Center, 2018.
Series:Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 110.
Subjects:
Daqing (Heilongjiang Sheng, China) > History.
Regional planning > China > Daqing (Heilongjiang Sheng) > History.
Industrialization > China > Daqing (Heilongjiang Sheng) > History.
Petroleum industry and trade > China > Daqing (Heilongjiang Sheng) > History.
Petroleum workers > China > Daqing (Heilongjiang Sheng) > Social conditions.
China > Social conditions > 1949-
Industrialization.
Petroleum industry and trade.
Petroleum workers > Social conditions.
Regional planning.
Social conditions.
China.
China > Daqing (Heilongjiang Sheng)
Geschichte.
Stadtplanung.
Verstädterung.
Soziale Situation.
Daqing.
Since 1949
History.
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Summary:"Examines Chinese urbanization and industrialization strategies for a model petroleum city, Daquing, during the early years of the People's Republic. It concerns the politics of building, the pursuit of food, energy and resources, and the everyday lives of the working men and women who inhabited China's northeastern frontier"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:xxiv, 245 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780674983816
0674983815